Bernard Lacombe
Lacombe pictured in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-08-15) 15 August 1952
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1960–1969 CS Fontaines
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1978 Lyon 222 (123)
1978–1979 Saint-Étienne 32 (14)
1979–1987 Bordeaux 243 (118)
Total 497 (255)
International career
1973–1984 France 38 (12)
Managerial career
1996–2000 Lyon
Medal record
Representing  France
UEFA European Championship
Winner1984 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard Lacombe (born 15 August 1952) is a French former professional footballer. He played as a striker, mainly with Lyon, Bordeaux and Saint-Étienne and the France national team.

Career

Lacombe began his professional career with hometown club Lyon in 1969. One of his teammates, Aimé Jacquet, would be later his team manager (and the manager of the France national team which won the 1998 FIFA World Cup).

Lacombe earned his first cap for France in 1973. He went on to represent his nation at the 1978 World Cup, scoring after only 30 seconds against Italy, the fastest goal ever for a French player, and also the first goal of that tournament. Lacombe also played at the 1982 World Cup and won UEFA Euro 1984.[1]

After a brief stay with Saint-Étienne, Lacombe joined Bordeaux, where he was re-united with Aimé Jacquet. He won three French Ligue 1 championships. Lacombe won the Coupe de France twice (with Lyon and Bordeaux), and scored a goal in the 1973 Coupe de France Final.[2]

With 255 goals scored in Ligue 1, he is the second-best striker of all-time in the French championship, after Delio Onnis.[3]

After his playing career ended, Lacombe joined the technical staff of former club Lyon, first as technical manager (from 1988 to 1996), then as trainer (1996 to 2000) and manager. He was instrumental in the successes of the club in Ligue 1 and also on the European scene, helping lead his side to seven-straight UEFA Champions League appearances. Lacombe served as a "special adviser" to team president Jean-Michel Aulas for twenty years.[4] He also had significant influence on choices made; for example, he helped retain several Brazilian players who would join Lyon during the 2000s, including Juninho, Edmílson, Cris, Caçapa and Fred).

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyon 1969–70 Division 1 51—51
1970–71 30—30
1971–72 3619—3619
1972–73 3523—3523
1973–74 31134[lower-alpha 1]13514
1974–75 27174[lower-alpha 2]43121
1975–76 16500165
1976–77 3621—3621
1977–78 3324—3324
Total 22212385230128
Saint-Étienne 1978–79 Division 1 3214—3214
Bordeaux 1979–80 Division 1 3311—3311
1980–81 3418—3418
1981–82 33173[lower-alpha 2]13618
1982–83 33206[lower-alpha 2]03920
1983–84 35182[lower-alpha 2]03718
1984–85 36228[lower-alpha 3]34425
1985–86 2371[lower-alpha 3]0247
1986–87 1652[lower-alpha 1]0185
Total 243118224265122
Career total 497255309527264
  1. 1 2 Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in European Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5][6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 197310
197432
1975—
197631
197740
197861
197944
198031
198132
198250
1983—
198461
Total3812

Honours

Player

Lyon

Bordeaux

France

Manager

Lyon

References

  1. ↑ "OL: "L'INSTINCT DU FOOTBALL", THE BOOK THAT TRACES THE LEGEND OF BERNARD LACOMBE". www.tonicradio.fr. 24 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bernard Lacombe revisits his successes in the Coupe de France". La Montagne. 13 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "OL: Bernard Lacombe, 70 ans d'amour foot" (in French). Le Progrès. 15 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "OL : Bernard Lacombe prendra sa retraite à la fin de l'année" (in French). L'Équipe. 5 November 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Bernard Lacombe » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  6. 1 2 Bernard Lacombe at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. ↑ "Lyon 3-2 Montpellier (Aggregate: 4 - 2)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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